"I'm always a great fan of the Mondasian Cybermen," Capaldi said in 2015. "I think we'd be able to render them in a very terrifying way with modern technology – not, as Steven Moffat says, with a balaclava!"

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Well, in his final series, our Doctor is getting his wish courtesy of Moffat – who'll also be leaving the show this Christmas.

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"Peter didn't give me a wish-list – he wouldn't ever do that," Moffat told press including Digital Spy. "But I did give him some Mondasian Cybermen, because he's very keen on those!"

It's not the first time Moffat's granted an actor's wish, either. "When David Tennant came back to do the 50th, I gave him some Zygons – because he always wanted Zygons – and Karen Gillan wanted to be killed by a Weeping Angel, which is unusual as a request!

"So you can do that sort of thing, but it's mainly just for fun."

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The Mondasian Cybermen – sporting the same low-tech look as the villains did in their 1966 Doctor Who debut – will appear in the final two episodes of the current series.

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